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Colonizing America Worksheet

This document provides a crossword puzzle about the original 13 colonies in British North America. The clues include the names and founding details of several colonies, such as Virginia being founded at Jamestown in 1607, Massachusetts being founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom, and Pennsylvania meaning "Penn's Land" and being settled by Germans and Irish. The puzzle also notes characteristics of colonies like Maryland being founded as a safe haven for Catholics and Delaware originally being part of Pennsylvania.

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Colonizing America Worksheet

This document provides a crossword puzzle about the original 13 colonies in British North America. The clues include the names and founding details of several colonies, such as Virginia being founded at Jamestown in 1607, Massachusetts being founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom, and Pennsylvania meaning "Penn's Land" and being settled by Germans and Irish. The puzzle also notes characteristics of colonies like Maryland being founded as a safe haven for Catholics and Delaware originally being part of Pennsylvania.

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ACROSS 2. First Europeans were Dutch 7. A Middle Colony 9. Founded as a safe have for Catholics 10. Home of Pocahontas. Colony of Jamestown was founded in 1607 11. Founded by Puritans who wanted religions freedom 12. A haven for refugees from Puritan Massachusetts
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DOWN 1. A New England Colony 3. This name means Penns Land and was settled mostly by German and Irish 4. This colony was part of Massachusetts Bay 5. Founded by the New Sweden Company and was part of Pennsylvania until 1703 6. Both North and South founded by noblemen and established slavery in the southern colonies 8. Founded as a debtors colony

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